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November 27, 2019

South Korea Shouldn’t Backslide on LGBT Rights

Conservative lawmakers in South Korea have already blocked the passage of nondiscrimination laws that would protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and other minorities.

LGBT Rights

November 27, 2019 Dispatches

South Korea Shouldn’t Backslide on LGBT Rights

Ryan Thoreson
Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
Internet Freedom

November 14, 2019 Dispatches

Smarter Responses Needed for Online Abuse in South Korea

Heather Barr
Acting Co-Director, Women's Rights Division
Refugee Rights

November 12, 2019 News Release

South Korea Deports Two From North to Likely Abuse

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September 23, 2009

Returned to Risk

Deportation of HIV-Positive Migrants
August 2, 2007

The US-Korea Free Trade Agreement

Annex 22-B: A Missed Opportunity on Workers’ Rights in North Korea
March 5, 2007

North Korea: Harsher Policies against Border-Crossers

News

October 16, 2019 Dispatches

UN Body Urges South Korea to Improve Sexuality Education

Ryan Thoreson
Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
June 13, 2019 Letter

Letter to Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Mine Clearance in the DMZ and the Mine Ban Treaty
May 14, 2019 News Release

China: Protect 7 North Koreans Fleeing Oppression
April 15, 2019 Dispatches

South Korea’s Abortion Reform A Model for Others

Janet Walsh
Deputy Director, Women’s Rights Division
March 7, 2019 News Release

South Korea: Military ‘Sodomy’ Law Violates Rights
March 7, 2019 Amicus Briefing

Repealing Article 92-6 of the Republic of Korea’s Military Criminal Act
January 17, 2019 News Release

South Korea: Little Progress on Rights
December 18, 2018 Letter

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on South Korea
June 14, 2018 Dispatches

South Korean Women are Fed Up with Inequality

Heather Barr
Acting Co-Director, Women's Rights Division
May 31, 2018 Dispatches

South Korea’s Blind Eye to Philippine ‘Drug War’ Abuses

Phelim Kine
Deputy Director, Asia Division
May 23, 2018 News Release

South Korea: Decriminalize Abortion
May 22, 2018 Letter

Letter from Human Rights Watch to the Constitutional Court of Korea

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South Korea

World Report 2019

South Korea

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Phil Robertson

Deputy Director, Asia Division Reaproy

Heather Barr

Acting Co-Director, Women's Rights Division heatherbarr1

Kyle Knight

Senior Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program knightktm

Russia's Domestic Violence Bill Falls Short: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

December 9, 2019

Russia's domestic violence bill falls short; alleged conflict of interests on EU-Vietnam trade deal; ICJ genocide hearings start tomorrow; discriminatory citizenship bill in India; nativity scene in California reflects family separation at US-Mexico border; crackdown in Algeria as election looms; Syrian government's targeting of health workers; and look out for cities going blue for #HumanRightsDay tomorrow.